Puxty, Richard J. and Millard, Andrew D. (2023) Functional ecology of bacteriophages in the environment. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 71 . 102245. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2022.102245 ISSN 1369-5274.
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Abstract
Bacteriophages are as ubiquitous as their bacterial hosts and often more abundant. Understanding how bacteriophages control their bacterial host populations requires a number of different approaches. Bacteriophages can control bacterial populations through lysis, drive evolution of bacterial immunity systems through infection, provide a conduit for horizontal gene transfer and alter host metabolism by carriage of auxiliary metabolic genes. Understanding and quantifying how bacteriophages drive these processes, requires both technological developments to take measurements in situ, and laboratory-based studies to understand mechanisms. Technological advances have allowed quantification of the number of infected cells in situ, revealing far-lower levels than expected. Understanding how observations in laboratory conditions relate to what occurs in the environment, and experimental confirmation of the predicted function of phage genes from observations in environmental omics data, remains challenging.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) |
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bacteriophages |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Current Opinion in Microbiology |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
| ISSN: | 1369-5274 |
| Official Date: | February 2023 |
| Dates: | Date Event February 2023 Published 10 December 2022 Available 10 December 2022 Accepted |
| Volume: | 71 |
| Article Number: | 102245 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mib.2022.102245 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 January 2023 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 January 2023 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/171854/ |
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